謝哥米
Chinese
| phonetic | rice; metre | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (謝哥米) | 謝哥 | 米 | |
| simp. (谢哥米) | 谢哥 | 米 | |
| alternative forms | 謝高米／谢高米 碩莪米／硕莪米 Singapore Hokkien | ||
Etymology
Possibly from Dutch sago or English sago + 米 (bí, “rice”), with the former being ultimately from Malay sagu.
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siā-ko-bí / siā-ko͘-bí
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-ko-bí
- Tâi-lô: siā-ko-bí
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaxkoi'bie
- Sinological IPA (Singapore): /sia²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁴²/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sia²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-ko͘-bí
- Tâi-lô: siā-koo-bí
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaxko'bie
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sia²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
Noun
謝哥米
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Singapore Hokkien) sago (powdered starch)